I have just installed Redhat10 on my laptop and all went fine. I have downloaded and installed apt-get but there is dependency problems.

why can ppl not just include all the files needed in the one rpm?

Can anyone remember what the dependencies are for apt-get as I'm at work now and could download them for l8r.

cheers

Medic6666

I assume you talk about Fedora Core 1 when you say RH 10?
I installed apt on a vast number of machines and was never aware of dependency problems.
All you really have to do is install the rpm (you can download the right version for your distro here) , run "apt-get update" and optionally "apt-get install synaptic" if you want a pretty gui ...

What kind of problems did you run into?
It might be easier for people to provide you with help if you give a detailed description of your problem.

redhat 10 from the CD with a Desktop setting

when I install the apt-get from the site you mentioned I got the error that dependencies are missing.

TBH if ppl cant put the files needed in the install I cant be bothered to use it.

As an IT person I could find the files and install them seperatly but cant be arsed.

never mind.....another company lost to M$ because they are not easy to use and update.

FYI: the files missing:

libc.so.6
librpm-4.3,so
librpmdb-4.3.so
librpmio-4.3.so
libselinux.so.1


oh well back to windoze where I crash all the time but the files are there.

Yeeeesss, but those are just the files missing on your pc. Someone else may have other dependencies. It is impossible to predict exactly which files are needed - for example, some distros appear not to include basics like "make" by default.

Install the dependencies, you won't need to do it next time.

You could find all of the files you need on rpm.pbone but hey, if you "can't be arsed" to install a few shared libraries to be able to use one of the coolest tools for software management ....

I nevre had to install anything special to use apt-get but then again I never go with the default install and prefer to make a selection of the software I'm about to install.
This way I end up with exactly what I want and not what someone else has decided is best suited for desktop/workstation use.

When you go with the Red Hat default desktop install there's lots of stuff that doesn't get installed, this is probably why you don't have these libs.

But seriously, don't let this be a drawback, if you're an IT person you surely have encountered similar situations in a Windows environment, not with libs but with dll's.
Just install the libs and enjoy the magic!

All the software I have installed under windows has the dll's needed within the package and it only installs them when necessary.

I have used linux on and off now for nearly 2 years and cant belive that you still have to go looking for files that the software needs.

I would take 2 secs to add them in the install. This is one of the big reasons why so many home users stay with windows. Its a shame because when it works I prefer linux.

I suppose that once apt-get works anything else I install I can get the files from there.

maybe i'll try once more.

Since you say Redhat 10, everyone will assume you mean Fedora. But you don't say which version you are using, Fedora Core 1 or 2.

Back to your problem. To install apt, you need to install the glibc, rpm, and libselinux packages first. Everything you need should be available on your install CDs (judging by what is found from their website http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/package-list/). I don't use Red Hat or Fedora, so you'll have to know the steps of how to install them off the CD yourself.

If you prefer to grab them from the internet, the packages can be found here:

For Fedora Core 1
http://at.rpmfind.net/opsys/linux/RP...3-20.i386.html
http://at.rpmfind.net/opsys/linux/RP...-0.3.i386.html
http://at.rpmfind.net/opsys/linux/RP....1-1.i386.html

For Fedora Core 2
http://at.rpmfind.net/opsys/linux/RP...3-27.i386.html
http://at.rpmfind.net/opsys/linux/RP...-0.3.i386.html
http://at.rpmfind.net/opsys/linux/RP....4-1.i386.html


After they are installed, you should then be able to install apt.